Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-born actor, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, author and celebrity. Anderson is best known for her roles on the television series Baywatch and V.I.P. She was chosen as Playboy 's Playmate of the Month in February 1990.
For a time, she was known as Pamela Anderson Lee after marrying Mötley Crüe drummer, Tommy Lee. She holds both American and Canadian citizenship.

Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, 90 km northwest of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the daughter of Carol, a waitress, and Barry Anderson, a furnace repairman.Her great-grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, was Finnish, a native of Saarijärvi, and left Finland in 1908 changing his name to Anderson when he arrived as an immigrant. Anderson has Dutch ancestry on her mother's side

The newborn Anderson won fame as Canada's "Centennial Baby", because she was thought to have been the first baby born on Canada's Centennial Day (she was born at 4:08 in the morning). However, the Campbell River Upper Islander of July 5, 1967 reported a baby born two hours earlier on the same Canada Day.The Anderson family later moved to the town of Comox.

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